Saturday, September 20, 2014

Squeaky Clean

Today I watched a Disney movie,"Saving Mr. Banks",and though I knew Disney films no longer showed people smoking (a blanket ban in effect since 2007) it seemed like a less than honest approach to a film taking place in the 1960's. Walt Disney was a chain smoker and died of lung cancer in 1966. Any attempt at altering history by eliminating tobacco does not change the way things actually were. In the 1960's people smoked EVERYWHERE,doctor's offices,stores,work,theaters,you name it and smoking was allowed. I do not recall any area that was non-smoking. A person could argue that it didn't directly affect the story by excluding the use of tobacco but few people would argue whether it was a realistic depiction of that era. It is my opinion that if Disney is going to sweep the dirt under the carpet,they should limit their work to animation.


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